We just looked like a tired basketball team. We haven't had a day off since the day after Christmas, and we looked like a team that needed a break.

I told them that we weren't playing good basketball. I also told them that this wasn't the best team that we played this season. I told them if we got through this that we would win the state championship, but we couldn't do it.

[By most reckonings, Huckabee is a presidential long shot. But the other day, he got an unsolicited phone call from Harry Thomason, the friend of Clinton's who made the president's campaign biography film, celebrating the Arkansas home town Clinton and Huckabee share.] I want you to know, ... I've already got a working title -- 'Another Man From Hope.'

I send my thoughts afar, and let them paint your Christmas Day at home

I couldn't be prouder of the guys that participated the last two years. They set a great standard for our program. They're great role models and great kids.

I couldn't be more proud of our guys. A lot of teams drop down to .500 when they lose that many players. We didn't know what we were going to do early in the year, but these guys just battled, stayed tough and learned to win even when they don't play their best.